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Commentary By Robert VerBruggen

Some ‘Low-Level Offenses’ Are Really Irritating, Actually

Public Safety Policing, Crime Control

I live in Virginia, and in my household we’ve had an inordinate number of conversations about loud cars lately. It seems we’re hearing them a lot.

Which raises some questions. We’ve lived here ten years, so why does it seem new? And how do people drive around with their engines un-muffled, obnoxiously announcing their illegal equipment to everyone in earshot, without getting pulled over by the first bored cop who comes within two blocks of them?

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Robert VerBruggen is a fellow at the Manhattan Institute. Follow him on Twitter here.

This piece originally appeared in National Review Online